Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-08
STILL STUBBORN.
The New York Freight Hand
lers Str ks Unchanged.
Boston Has . Street Car
Strike.
Four States Visited by Slight
Earthquake shocks.
A Leek-Ous in PhilsdslPhia-fhs Ohio
sim Reeedlnss- Ordered to Qais
werk-A Mexican Rsbbsr
Pursued and shot-An An
uy Mob Surround
Colered Man.

RuF8ue0 ana $not-AA An
cry Mob Surround .
colored Han.
The New York water Rreaf Trsuhles
NKw YoRK, Feb. THE river 'front.'
and neiRhborinR streets presented /
Sunday appsaranoe this msrninR
Monday is usually the busiest day o
the weak at the docks, bat there wa8 n
blockade Of Belt Line cars today. No
one quarter Of the usual number q
trucks which bloek and choke South AMI
West streets we're cut. Most Of ID,
piers were 20 receive freight bat liltl,
came as compared with anto- atrikl
tines The prospect of q aettlement 4
Femete. each side being csnfdent ol
coming oat Of the trouble victorious
Both sides promise remarkable develop
ments this week, but are dark about ths
nature Of them. On the Clyde lins
deck, the East River steauer CIyds
sailed some hours later than her sohed
ule time. but carried q full cargo and
her quota Of passengers. The Seminole
Of this line also, carried q full cakzr
and her usual number OF passengers
The Superintendent declared thai hs
vas eetting along very we'll. The mer
who apply for work at the MALLORY Line
hundreds. Another steamer 10 expected
today. and there are plenty Of men
ready TO work on her. The Ward Line
dock 10 clear Of freight and deserted.
Two boats are expected today or TO-
morrow and then the company win have
plenty Of help 10 discharge their car
goes. At the Continental Line dock
there 10 plenty Of freight being de-
livered and the whole bulkhead was
lined with trucks. The New Haven
freight line and the Hartford line were
also doing more business than "a
Saturday.
ordered 10 0ult werk.
JERsKx Orr, IN. J.), Feb. 7.-OveI
two hundred men employed In the
Thompson Steel Works have quit work,
and the factory IL idle. The walking
delegates ordered them out because
Ascabn coal vas being used IN the fur
naces. An attempt was made to order
cut the hands In the Matthewson and
WeioheF's sugar redneries this meFnine
and the walking delegates we're ordered
on the premises.
A Leek-oua
PHrLADxIPHrA, Feb. This morning
the ClethinR Exchsnee carried out its
threat and the clothlng manufacturers
composing that body closed their doors
to She cutters. The latter are defiant
and determined 10 heht the employers
10 the end. The look-out throws 1000
cutters cut Of work and fully ten timea
that number of others, Who depend
upon them for employment.
slight Ears hquakc shocks.
Among the Sunday dispatches we're 9
number indicating the visit Of slight
earthquake shocks in Illinois, Indiana,
Missouri and California. The dispatch
% we're AZ follewe:
Lo6Poc, Cal. Feb. 6-Quits q heavy
earthquake was felt here last
night ct l0:55. The vibration was from
west 10 east.
6PRINsRrKLD, III Feb. 6-This city
was visited By an earthquake shortly
after o'clock this morning. A diffe-
renoe of opinion exists as to the nam
Der Of shocks. Some claim that there
we're five distinct shocks following each
other In rapid succession. while ethers
claim that there we're bot three. The
time between the 6rst vibration and
the last was from Is to 20 seconds. The
first shock was most distinct. The one
following diminishing In intensity until
the vibrations closed. No damage vas
done.
ET. LOUIE, Feb. GA slight sheck of
Earthquake vas felt IN this city between
1 and 4:lO this morning. The move
ment was barely noticeable In the oen-
tral portion Of the city but In the out
skirta and suburbs several peEsons we're
awakened by the shock. In she south
ern part Of the city pictures we're moved
from the walls bat no damage OF any
kind has yet been reported. Reports
from southeastern Illinois state that
the shock vas also felt bat it seems 10
have been no more serious than Il was
here.
LrTcHFrELD (TLL.) Feb, 6.-An earth
quake shock was felt here this morning
about o'clock The force OF the
shock vas quite severe, causing build
ines 10 vibrate eesnsideEsbly. However,
no damage has been reported. At Van
dalia similar phenomena were ob
served.
TKRaK HAUTE (END.), Feb. 6.-This
city was visited this morning By tvo
severe shecks of earthquaqe, which, so-
oordinR 10 the testimony Of those ex-
peFienced IN them, we're more severe
than those Of last fall. The shocks
came IN quick succession and we're
followed BY . heavy rumbIinR sound
which aWakened lhs soundest sleepers.
The direction vas seeminelE from the
southeast 10 she northwest, and the
shocks we're felt most in the eastern
part Of the city. Houses we're shaken
sevesely, oarsinR Windows 70 rattle and
chandeliers 20 ssay ptrospibly.l
Danger Considered Past.
LoUnvrLLK, Feb. lat neon the
river ia falling &c the rate Of half an
inch an hour. and the danger of . repe-
tifion Of the disaatrsus floods Of 1883
and 1854 10 considered past. The
vestheT is clear and warm.
Rossea Has . Car stFike.
BosruH, Feb. The employees Of the
Seath Hsrse Railroad st . meeting,
which lasted till 3 o'clock this morning.
voted unanimously 10 tie up the road to-
day. and In parsuance Of THAI vote no
cars were taken 0us this morning. This
10 one Of the largest horse railways IN
the city. The men are opposed 20 the
pFssens Superintendent, and y mt tsn
hours woFs.
An AnGry mob saFroanA q csisred
man.
BALTIMonn, Feb. 7th.-AndsFson Per-
~ tcOlored1 acquitted Of participating
in the murcsr Of Emily Brown, a. old
white woman, vas released from prison
at II o'clock today end vent 70 his
hoass IN Oder Alley. short distance
from the Maryland University Of Medi-
cine, Uhere be VS. employed. As soon
- his appearance 10 the neighborhood
was known. the house where be stopped
vas surroandsa by several hundred col
ored p<opls, who thFasteasd 20 take his
life as soon - be made his appsaF4ncs
IN The street.. a squad of police dis
persed the erowa. bns ths people ere
armed and for soue time e. ls4st. Il
vili BE- dangerous for Perry - 90 out
al0as. They fuily bslisss that be has
murdered many persons and sold their
bodies fng disssgiinn-